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“The overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so.”
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“My parents left Iran in 1979 and moved to France and then moved to the U.S. My brother was born in France and I was born in New York. I think my parents left France because they felt their kids would never be accepted by French culture. Here they thought we could feel American - that we could feel safe in that way - which was important to them, given what their experiences were in Iran. They used to joke about how I could be president because I was the only one born in America.”
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“I hope I don't have to act in one of my own projects again.”
Source : "Exclusive Q&A: Filmmaker Breathes Fire into Ultra-Indie Bellflower". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 11, 2011. 
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“I think writers can get too attached to these worlds they create, these characters they make real, so that, instead of ending the story where the story's asking to end, they draw it out, unable to let go.”
Source : Source: slushpile.net
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“The beauty of women was the first expression of my photography.”
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“I hate when your friends quit drinking on you, don't you? It's sad. I've lost more friends to AA than Liberace did to the virus. It's sad to see 'em go. You see a thirty day chip on your buddy's key ring, it's like seeing a toe tag on his cold, stiff corpse.”
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“I was under the impression that I warned you that in London country ways will not do, Frederica!†“You did!†she retorted. “And although I can’t say that I paid much heed to your advice it so happens that I am accompanied today by my aunt!†“Who adds invisibility to her other accomplishments!”
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“Fatherhood is a very natural thing; it's not something that shakes up my life but rather it enriches it.”
Source : "'My hands are frozen and my heart races': Andrea Bocelli says crippling stage fright is like an incurable disease" by Tom Bryant, www.mirror.co.uk. February 8, 2013.
